* Erik’s Editorial: 100 Days of Trump Headlines (2017-04-30)

Today’s news is tomorrow’s history.

After 9/11, I saved newspapers and magazines that documented those horrible days. There is no substitute for contemporaneous history. And I fear how some things may become forgotten over time. I still have those papers stored away on a bookshelf for future generations.

Similarly, after the 2016 US presidential election, I saved PDFs of various news stories to document these horrible days. As it says on the home page of this website: “PAST: I want to remember how we got here. PRESENT: I want to keep track of what’s going on. FUTURE: I want hope.”

But now that 100 days of Trump have passed, I want and need to move on from this project. At best, Trump has a distraction to many small-business owners like me. At worst Trump has been and continues to be a dangerous fool in over his head.

Nobody can discredit Donald Trump. You can only discredit yourself. Respect – unlike money – is earned, not inherited. So I can think of no better way to summarize the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency than to share the headlines from his first 100 days.